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Issue: Vol 176, Issue 8179

02 October 2026
IN THIS ISSUE

Catherine Cain, senior solicitor at Which?, on why AI can’t replace the human touch

Charlotte Andrews explores the limits of LASPO 2012’s family categories & the role of exceptional case funding in inquests

Bhavul Haria & Daniel Sheehan explain why serious disclosure failures did not end hundreds of former players’ brain injury claims

More than 500 former rugby players can pursue brain injury claims despite serious failures to disclose documents ordered by the High Court
Harry Hatwell pitches in on unstable wedding venues & the right to a price reduction
Mário Barroso, Head of R&D and Method Development at AlphaBiolabs, examines the role of expert interpretation in providing fair, accurate hair drug and alcohol test results for family proceedings
An optometrist contesting a misconduct finding appealed his case because the judge heard it remotely while reclining in bed at home where he was recovering from surgery on a ruptured Achilles tendon
Official figures showing record criminal court backlogs provide further evidence ministers should abandon controversial plans to scale back access to jury trials, the Bar Council has said
A naturist walking naked on a public footpath near Macclesfield did not have his human rights breached when a police officer arrested him, the High Court has held
CILEX has urged the government to maintain the Access to Justice Foundation’s (AJF’s) status as the only charity entitled to undistributed damages and settlements from opt-out collective actions
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Sidley—Elaine Whiteford

Sidley—Elaine Whiteford

Sidley adds competition litigator Elaine Whiteford in London

Charles Russell Speechlys—Claudina D’Costa

Charles Russell Speechlys—Claudina D’Costa

Charles Russell Speechlys welcomes Claudina D’Costa as Director of Client Development Marketing

DWF—11 appointments

DWF—11 appointments

DWF strengthens North West teams with 11 newly qualified solicitors

NEWS
The 25th Pro Bono Week begins today until 6 November, with events hosted by law firms, chambers, law schools and charities across the UK
Pro bono is celebrating a silver anniversary, with initiatives putting businesses and students at the heart of access to justice
Choosing the wrong expert can cost a clinical negligence claimant more than their case
Judges risk weakening their own independence by staying silent over government reforms, a leading public lawyer argues
A discount on damages does not automatically mean an equivalent haircut for legal costs in military deafness claims
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